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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-20
Liverpool.

LIVERPOOL, Dec. 1s.-Cotton - Spot closed
firm, 16d higher.
Ordinary 5. l6d; good ordinary 5.16d; low
middling 5kd: middling upiands IL l6d !;
middllng Orleans I'd.
Total sales 10000; American 1900.
Imports, 800; American, 500.
Futures closed dull but steady, l92 points
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-20
Seed Sse&

Johnson grasssssed, alfalfa seed, sor-
ghum seesssssaII kinds CT bulk seed for
sale.xW write for prices. u.Sgssq9gs
W. F. PATTERSON, FortsW orth.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-20

princess" tsa,the best in the market,
sold only by Turner & Mcclure.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-20

Dressing cases, from S5c to $50, at
Wells drug store, teg Houston street.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-20
i Enfures onened steady and closed easy
Sales 30 500 bales.
New YORK.

New YORK.
NEW YORK Dec. 49, Cotton-Spot closed quiet
and unchanged.
Sales, 1877 bales.
Stock 154,es0 bales.
Ordinary, 734c; good ordinary, $3.50; low
middnng, 10Hc; midoling, 1880; good mid
ding, 1890; middling fair. 1l1ac.
Futures closed easy, 667 points lower.
0sIas IL ON
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-20
An the News

For 81 q year to be found In the Weekly
GAZETTE.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-20

r Tssea7gete sFa Dinnsr Sets.
The sing for Midday pfesents, at the
Fort Worth ChfnaSGo,ss
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-20

ogden Medical Discovery "-thegrea,
blood-purihers
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-20
TEXARKANA.

The Supposed Train Robber Admitted to
Bafl-A Serious Accident. w..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-05-04
What is Lacking? ?

We have lawmakers, and laws,
and judges and juries, lawyers and
witnesses, sherifts and turnkeys, trial
justices, to say nothing of offices Gre
ated for "family" pets-quite as many
as the Radicals" had in their day of
glory, and yet under "Democratic"
rule, crime of every sort, except that
of paying debts and swearing the
truth Gin Court" and speaking and
acting the truth out of Court, is on
the increase, and every man who is
not in "fat place." in Church or
State, knows and will say this is So
if he would tell the truth.
If the former days were worse than
these did he mean the days before the
flood?
The writer of Ecclesiastes, doubt
less Solomon may not have dreamed
that there would ever exist, "under
the sum-" just such state of things
lying, profanity, Sabbath breaking,
stealing, Gncluding men who will not
paw their debts as we'll as the S50,000
and 100000 educated thieves) MUIR
der, perjury, "bail," &C., as exist in
the United-States section Of "Chris-
tendom," including South Carolina.
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Are they Really Needed ?

In a city or town where one, two,
three, four or five houses ofworship are
already built what need is there to
erect separate building for Young's
Mems Christian Association Why
not use one or more of the existing
houses of worship for their meetings
Surely this could be done without con-
flict with the stated hours of public
worship. What seems more appropri-
ate than for "Christian Association"
to meet in the house of prayer for all
people )? The increase of societies" "
which are in some way or another
connected with the church, tends to di-
vert minds from the interests of the
church proper.
AS far as at all practicable let men,
women and children meet and wor-
ship together. In family worship let
all the family come together, if at all
practicable; so too, at meal times, let
the children eat with the grown peo-
pie. There is an education to the
older and the younger in such meet
ings that is lost by too much classifi-
cation. One objection to sermons or
services for a special class isthat others
leave themselves out and, if present,
are concerned mainly to see how the
sermon suits those for whose special
benefit it is preached.
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full facts; it is the old slave-market of
the Spaniards, long, low, open-sided
building. And near it, in contrast to
it, is Tie cathedral, strange and old,
with memories of past grandeur cling
ing around it. Inside hangs an inter-
esting picture, that of the first mass
ever celebrated on Florida soil; dark
and dim is the background, and the
upturned faces of the soldiers, and the
dark-robed monks around, have a
weird, mystic aspect; while the priest
in Ions white gown, standing with up
raised hands by the altar, but adds to
the mystery and grandeur. There are
other pictures here; one of the Virgin
and Child, with a Latin inscription
around it; and also some statues. one
of which is st. Augustine himself.
The languid, apathetic look of the
ancient buildings is in great contrast
to the bright, wide-awake appearance
of the modern residences. This is in
deed quaint old city, where the old
and the new are so mingled together,
and yet live with each other so peacea-
bly, and TRANQUILITY. M.
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HOUSE AND FARM.
Seventeen Health Hints.

!. Be regular in your habits.
2. If possible, 60 to bed at the same
hour every night.
8. Rise in the morning soon after
you are awake.
4. A sponge bath of cold or tepid
water should be followed by friction
with towel or hand.
S. Eat plain food.
6. Begin your morning meal with
fruit. If you haYe it. Ed. &. n.
7. Don't go to work Immediately
after eating.
s. Be moderate in the use of liquors
at all seasons.
8. 1t is safer to filter and boil drink.
ing water.
10. Exercise in the oren air when
ever the weather permits.
II. In malarious districts do your
walking in the middle of the day.
IL. Keep the feet comfortable and
we'll protected.
13. Wear woolen clothing the year
round.
IA. See that your sleeping rooms and
living rooms are we'll ventilated, anu
that sewer gas does not enter them.
Is. Brush your teeth at least twice a
day, night and morning.
Is. Don't worry. 1t interferes with
the healthful action of the stomach.
II. You must have interesting occu-
patton in vigorous old age. Continue
to keep the brain active. Rest means
rust'-Herald Of Health.
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The Truth.

The boy who sees his father adulter-
ate his goods, and arrange his best
fruit upon the top of the box, is taught
object lessons he doesn't forget. The
following incidents were recently told:
Come" said a certain mother to
her little boy; "take this; take this;
it is something good"
The child was evidently suspicious;
but after many earnest assurances on
the part of his mother, he took the
medicine. 1t was extremely bitter;
and, rejecting it at once, he raised his
young voice in angry reproaches
against his mother for telling him
such a lie.
mo, my dear" said she; II have
told you no lie. The medicine is good;
it is good to cure you. That is what l
meant"
"Good to cure mel" eaied he, with a
look of perfect contempt. "You cheat
ed me. You know you did,"
Yes, he was right; and by that act
she lost the confidence of her little
boy.
4 little girl, hearing her mother say
to the clerk, after she had taken sam
Piles (for her crazy quilt from several
pieces of goods, that she would call in
the afternoon and make some pur-
chases, said:
Mamma, you said that at all the
other stores"
Actual lessons like these do far more
to fix moral character than all the per-
fumctory preaching and advising pos
sible from September to July. A child
cannot he more certainly corrupted
than by hearing good advice and see
ing a bad eXemplitication of it.
Preaching is easy; it's the practicing
that tells.
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Murder with or without Pretext-
About the Same.

When one of the many concealed
weapon murde1ers wants to kill some
particular person, or, if not that, any
one that may "cross his path," ne
seeks prete1t. IF he cannot find one
he will provoke one, and then shoot
in "self-defence." The paragraph be-
low from the Camden rs. c. Journal,
contains more truth than might be
sifted out of two or three days of some
"Court" proceedings, which end a
case of willful murder with a verdict
of "self-defence," 'justifiable homi-
cide," granddaughter" Here is what
the editor of the Journal says:
One of the greatest mysteries in this
world is the certainty with which the
innocent (?) man always kills his
would-be slayer-at least, it seems to
appear so to q jury whenever man is
brought before them charged with
murder. About ninety-nine out OF
every hundred slayers Of men (unless
the slayer is negro) makes it appear
that they were as innocent as doves so
far as the intent to do evil went, but
they had to Kill the man, or be killed
by him. In many cases the dead man
has no weapon of any kind about him,
and was running like turkey to es-
cape, but the innocent man, armed like
q moving fortress, hunts him up and
runs him down and kills him, but
proves (s) to the jury that he had to
kill the fellow or the fellow would have
slain him. Thereupon the jury acquit
him and give him an opportunity to
60 and slay some other would-be (?)
murderer.
The mysterious in such cases may be
somewhat explained bv the fact that
the Courts, including witnesses, are
taken from among the current genera
tion that live and move more orless in
an abiding atmosphere of lying, steal
ing, cowardice, perjury, bribery and
murder-the muddy wake of the late
war
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Railroad, pulled the trigger and shot
Mr.. Fonda in the head. Fonda drop
ped dead. Abrams "did not know the
gun was loaded" The verdict of the
jury of inquest was that the shooting
was accidental"
Will this lamenteblc tragedy deter
others from trips Of pleasure on the
Lords day? from the criminally fool
ish act of sportively pointing gun or
pistol, loaded or not loaded, at a living
human being?
Some one has written that any per-
son who points a gun, loaded or not
loaded, at another, should be knocked
down and after that see whether ornot
the gun were loaded. We suppose the
writer thought it better to knock a fool
down than for a person with sense to
run the risk of being 'accidentally'
killed.
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The water for tea should be fresh and
soft: for hard water sets the herb. and
fails to draw out the flavor. When
hard water must be used, add five
grains of carbonate of soda; if more
be used the tea will be spoiled. Drain
the kettle dry, and rinse before filling
if. Silver and china pots are prefera-
BILE to britannia metal or tin-ware.
Before making the tea, rinse the pot
in boiling water; drain dry; then
make the tea while the pot is hot. The
water should have just begun to boil,
and the pot may be tilled-up at once,
or only a small quantity, enough to
wet tile leaves, and this allowed to
stand for two or three minutes before
filling-up. Tea should not stand more
than ten minutes before being used.
AS q general rule the quantity of tea
used is one teaspoonful for each person
and one for the pot. The teapot should
hold two more cups than the number
of persons to be supplied from it.
Never dip the teapot into the vessel in
which the tea-things are washed:
When the leaves are removed, the pot
should be well rinsed with hot water,
allowed to drain, and then carefully
wiped inside with perfectly clean
dry cloth. The lid is kept off or open
when the pot is not being used.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-05-04
Neatness in Dress at Home.

The Importance of neat and tasteful
house-dressing cannot be over estimat-
ed. The matron who appears before
the members of her family in a shah
by, soiled wrapper, and makes the eX-
cuse-if, indeed, she takes the trouble
to make one at all-that lit is so much
more comfortable" has little idea of
the possible consequences of such a
course. Could she but realize that her
dress is an evil example to her daugh-
ters, and one productive of conse-
quences that will reach far beyond her
own plan Of life; that her husband
and sons cannot fail to draw compari-
sons between her dress and that of the
ladies they meet in other homes, and
these comparisons cannot fail to de-
crease their respect for her, she might
be induced to give more attention to
her personal appearance. Not even
the burden of care and constant en-
ployment can furnish sufficient ex-
cuse for careless personal habits, for
few things are more important to the
well-being Of family. There is an
old saying to the effect that an untidy
mother has disobedient children; and
while neither parents nor children
may realize the why or wherefore of
it, yet there is always lack of respect
and indifference to the authority of
mother who takes no pride in her per-
sonal appearance. And it is not the
mother alone upon whose shoulders
rests the burden of responsibility for
home neatness and order in dress; the
father has his duties to look after as
well, and should never fail to insist
upon the younger members Of the
family presenting themselves with
well-kept hands, clean faces, neatly
brush ed hair, and orderly dress, at
least at every meal where the family
ssembles.-Brookyn Magazine.
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Cut This Out and Keep 1t.

Franklin Dyer, highly respectable
and intelligent farmer of Galena, Kent
county, Maryland, gives the following
as q sure cure for the bite of a mad
dog. AS will be seen, he has tested it
with the most gratifying results:
Elecampane is a plant well known
to most persons, and is to be found in
many, of our gardens. Immediately
after being bitten take one and a half
ounces of the root of the plant the
green root is, perhaps, preferable, but
the dried will answer, and may be
found in our drug stores, and was used
by me-slice or bruise, put into pint
of fresh milk, boil down to half pint,
strain, and when cold, drink it, fast
ing at least six hours afterward. The
next morning repeat the dose, fasting,
use two ounces of the root. On the
third morning take another dose, pre-
pared as the last, and this will be sutti-
cient. 1t is recommended that after
each dose nothing be eaten for at least
six hours.
I have a son who was bitten by a
mad dog eighteen years ago. and four
other children in the neighborhood
were also bitten; they took the above
dose, and are alive and we'll to this
day. And have known number of
Others who were bitten and applied
the same remedy.
1t is supposed that the root contains
a principle, which being taken up by
the blood in its circulation, counter
acts or neutralizes the deadly effects of
the virus of hydrophobia.
1 feel so much confidence in this
simple remedy that l am willing you
should give my name in connection
with this statement.
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CheerfulneSS.

Blessing be TO the cheerful person
man, woman, or child, old or young,
illiterate or educated, handsome or
homely. Over and above every social
trait stands cheerfulness. What the
sun is to nature, what God is to the
stricken heart which knows how to
lean on him, are cheerful persons in
the house, or by the wayside. They
90 unobtrusively, unconsciously
about their silent mission, brighten
ing up society around them with the
happiness beaming from their faces.
We love to sit beside them; we love
the sparkle of their eyes, the tone of
their voice. Little children find them
out, o! so quick. amid the densest
crowd, and, passing by the knitted
brow and compressed lip, glide near,
and laying confiding little hand on
their knee, lift their clear, young eyes
to those loving faces.
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Why He Chose Ralph.

"That Ralph Risley was always q
lucky dog!" said Walter. savagely.
"There's no reason in the world why T
shouldn't have got that place, as we'll
as he-I can't understand it,"
The two boys had applied for de-
sirable situation, and Ralph had been
the favored one. AS The gentleman
who engaged him was a friend of
mine, had enough curiosity to go to
him and say: -. .
"Will you tell me why you chose
Ralph Risley instead of Walter Gar
rett for that vacant situation" H.
"Certainly," said he at once. "I
confess I should have been puzzled to
choose between them but for one thing,
for they are both fine fellows, of good
family, good scholarship, and good
habits; but I spent an evening at Mr..
CARROTS not long since, and soon after
I came in Mrs. Garrett said:
Walter, we shall need more coal
for the CRATE soon-you'd better get it
now
"Yes'm, said Walter; but went on
reading, and never stirred. Z
''In about half an hour the last of
the coal was used.
Walter said his father, why
don't you fill thd scuttle, as your mo-
ther told you?
L will, in minute-just want to
finish this page he returned, hurried
"Our conversation continued, Wal
ter's reading continued, and the fire
burned low. ~.
Walter said his mother, sharply,
get some coal, this minute
"With an angry frown, he slowly
rose, reading all this time, laid his
book on the table, still open, and lott
cred by it until another sharp WAL
tern from his father at length started
him.
IA week later Mrs. Risley and
Ralph were at our home for call. He
had just become wonderfully interest,"
ed in the bean-bag game with MY girls,
when his mother arose and said,
Come, my son, am sorry to hurry
you, but 1 don't like to leave the child
rem any longer, Kate is so careless
Instantly Ralph's bean-bag was
dropped, and with an All right, moth
er, if the girls will excuse me- he
stood cheerfully ready at her side. We
merchants know that 'straws show
which way the wind blows and learn
to be quick at observing. Nothing an
noys US like a laggard, and nothing
makes business relations so pleasant
and satisfactory as courteous treatment
on one side, and prompt, cheerful ohe-
dience on the other. I knew Ralph
would suit me. and haven't been dis
appointed. ."-Fdnnie e.. Neao6e7y.
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Christian Neighbor.
BY REV. SIDH IL. BROWNE,
or the South Carolina Conference
Sand Dams.

All that has been spoken or written
by editors and others about the York
Vile lynching," is like unto so many
sand dams, one above or below anoth-
er,to stop a muddy stream Of swift run
ming water. 1t the waterl breaks
through one, then the next and so on
until they are, one after another, all
swept away. Water generally has it's
way as we'll as it's level. The abut-
ments of the sand dams with their
builders standing aghast, are left
standing-the water sweeping on the
tenor of its rushing way with increas-
ed volume, velocity and force, the nat
ural result of flimsy hindrances-the
sand dams aforementioned.
It matters little or nothing whether
these sand dams are called claw"
"public opinion" the "power of the
pulpit and the press" or something
else, they appear to be too weak to
stop the swelling tide of iniquity.
The beginning of iniquity is as the
letting out of water.
Unless the course of the stream is
changed at or near the source double
the number of the sand dams that
were will be insufficient to stop
the war "crevasses" in the levee of life,
liberty, property and the pursuit of
happiness.
What can be done? Dam the cur
rent above the crevasee with rock
jetties-and turn the flood wide upon
the territories of corruption and then
pour in ship loads of the salt of grace
-Christianity-in the sources OF the
tributaries and thus, if possible, purify
the fountain that the stream may be
pure. To do this different class of
civil rulers-to build the jetties-and
a different class of teachers in morals
and religion must come to the front
and there stand and work until the
possible task shall be accomplished.
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Walking Some-Riding Some.

Joining on to John Drafts at Lees
vile depot, April %, that is to say,
John holding one end of my valisc and
l the other, we kept "the step" on up
to his father-in-law's (Mr. J. G. Bo-
die's) where I stopped over for the
night with the venerable couple and
the attentive young folks.
Sabbath morning Ijoined the same
John-in a buggy this time-and on
through the sand we wended our way
to Concord. Horses that travel this
road often must be glad when it rains,
the sand being then wet the track for
the wheels stand open after some 9TH
er vehicle has gone before and opeued
the track. Todo this is about as heavy
on the horse as to pull through the
sand when it is dry. The first team
and driver after rain may not be
thanked by them that follows. So it
may be with some preachers nova
days who enter into the labors of the
old pioneers who, with hatchet OF
"hawk-bill" knife, on horse back,
opened the way for their sons to follow
on in their buggies complaining ofsuch
heavy work as to need rest five or six
days out of the seven, and in some
cases become "worn outn in eight OF
ten years. [Whata loss when buggies
and railroads superseded the Saddle
bags'-say what we please.
What good there was in the meeting
at Concord, leave for others to say.
1t was agreed that Children's Day
MAY l5) should he at Leesville, and
the S. S. celebration at later day at
Concord-both schools and congrega-
tions uniting on each occasion. Sec
ond Quarterly meeting next Friday
all requested to turn out and hear the
new Presiding Elder, DR.. Jones.
The Sunday scoool adjourned charg-
ing their minds to learn the difference
between sabbath days journey" and
the journey of Labor day.?
Home with Bro. Reedy Cranch,
drawn by that chicken eater, "Shad."
Reedy thinks there's no horse like
"Shad." Reedy and l walked up
to Brother w. w. Smiths where
I met with four other families
of my charge. Sister Sallie wv. WIS
wife, is improving out of much fatigue,
and from watching and waiting OH
cases of whooping cough. I stuck to
Reedy and Shad all the way, round and
about, even back to Leesville-the quiet
and inoftensive John J. Shaley along
with US Oh our way back. 1t was this
same John that cut bunch of"Grand.
fathers Gray-beard" for me to bring
home, and would have Reedy to drive
me to his Johns house for tea. No
body inLeesville will feel disparaged il
[ say there is not a better citizen among
them than John Shealey, the honest
blacksmith. There are few others,
near about q match for John but none
others ahead of him. S. II. B.
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1t is hard to conceive of Il greater
blunder than would be the establish
ment of an Agricultural College, in
South Carolina. We agree with the
editor of the Weekly IS. c. Monitor
when he says:
We hope every farmer will use what
ever influence he may possess to pre-
vent the establishment Of such all in
stitusion in South Carolina-an insti-
tuition that would serve to furnish
downy places for few individuals
and draw mighty sums from the State
Treasury, its third characteristic be,
ing its tendency to keep the young
men away from the farm"
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COM MON S.
"What the Dicky Birds Say"

If sweetheart possessed
Who was bent on being dressed
In them ats what rises up to the dome,
And she wanted for TO go
To the hopcra or show,
I'd tell her, Take you at off or stay O
'ome."
And oh, my eye!
Amt they high
In the air, | declare:
Amt they built a funny way,
With their pigeons and their fowls
And their roostcrs and their owls
At least SO the dicky brides say.
Chorus
How do we construct hat?
Take q rat, take a cat, take mat,
Set 'cm up on q ladder far away.
If thereupon you find
You can't sec house behind
That's the filShiOn-sO the dicky birds say.